"As “apostle” Mario Bramnick put it, “God has given us authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the devil.”

The administration officials who took the stage about two hours into the program are either directors or acting directors of their cabinet agency’s Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives: Andrea Ramirez, Department of Education; John Pughe, Department of Commerce; Mark Zelden, Department of Labor; Kevin Smith, Department of Homeland Security and FEMA; Rich Youngblood, Housing and Urban Development."

George Carlin said “The owners know the truth. It’s called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

On the eve of the midterm elections, a group of dominionist pastors, “prophets” and activists spent the day just outside Washington, D.C., at an event they called “Rise Up 2018.” Organized by ardent supporters of President Trump, the event was specifically focused on praying for conservative victory in the midterm elections....

An image promoting a recut of “Deadpool 2” has drawn the ire of some Mormons who say it mocks their faith, and one of those critics has launched a petition to have it pulled.

The poster for “Once Upon a Deadpool” ― a PG-13 recut of the hilariously crude “Deadpool 2″ ― appears to be a parody of “The Second Coming,” a Harry Anderson painting commissioned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

... The petition, which has received more than 35,000 signatures in about a week, called for filmmaker Tim Miller to change the image, claiming it was a form of “religious discrimination.”

Miller, however, directed the first film but not the second, nor was he involved in the “Once Upon A Deadpool” recut.

Why didn't Jesus stop the author and now 37,408 signers from making such a dumb mistake?

... “Deadpool” has inserted characters into religious art before. One of the promotional images for the original “Deadpool 2” placed the film’s anti-hero and villain into “The Creation of Adam,” the iconic Michelangelo masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel:

Update: The actual director and producers have called the Mormons' publicity-generating whining a "miracle" for ticket sales.

An image promoting a recut of “Deadpool 2” has drawn the ire of some Mormons who say it mocks their faith, and one of those critics has launched a petition to have it pulled.

The poster for “Once Upon a Deadpool” ― a PG-13 recut of the hilariously crude “Deadpool 2″ ― appears to be a parody of “The Second Coming,” a Harry Anderson painting commissioned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

... The petition, which has received more than 35,000 signatures in about a week, called for filmmaker Tim Miller to change the image, claiming it was a form of “religious discrimination.”

Miller, however, directed the first film but not the second, nor was he involved in the “Once Upon A Deadpool” recut.

Why didn't Jesus stop the author and now 37,408 signers from making such a dumb mistake?

... “Deadpool” has inserted characters into religious art before. One of the promotional images for the original “Deadpool 2” placed the film’s anti-hero and villain into “The Creation of Adam,” the iconic Michelangelo masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel:

Update: The actual director and producers have called the Mormons' publicity-generating whining a "miracle" for ticket sales.

a couple of points

mormons have a mockable story
and where the fuck do they get off not including dogs in their fairyland picture?

George Carlin said “The owners know the truth. It’s called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

Hail Bacon,
Full of Grease,
The Lard is with thee.
Blessed are thou amongst piggies,
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Bacon God.
Holy Baconess, mother of Bacon God,
Pray for our Gluttoness
Now and at the hour of our premature Death.
Amen! Praise the Lard.

Hail Bacon,
Full of Grease,
The Lard is with thee.
Blessed are thou amongst piggies,
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Bacon God.
Holy Baconess, mother of Bacon God,
Pray for our Gluttoness
Now and at the hour of our premature Death.
Amen! Praise the Lard.

I appreciate the irony in evangelical darling POSPOTUS getting busted ripping off charities, donors and the IRS by buying evangelical Tebow's helmet.

I bet some evangelical dimwit buys it and gives it back to him. Or maybe Tim will just send him another one....he's probably got all kinds of Broncos stuff he could sign, sell, piss on, bless, curse, or otherwise anoint. Say yayah!

Tebow envisioned a foundation to give back to others during his college career, and he, along with other University of Florida students, created "First and 15", raising funds for Uncle Dick's Orphanage in the Philippines ...

Well, Tebow may be sincere but I'm always leery of these hyper religious folks. I mean, so many prominent folks profess their faith and belief in Christian tenets but you don't see that spirit in the policies they advocate. Christianity is a convenient religion in that you don't have to adhere to it to advocate for it. I'ts always been a good crutch for the sleazy. I guess you could say that for any religion, which is why I don't subscribe. I believe in traffic lights, totals on the cash register, and a lot of other things. And I did not steal the missing baby Jesus figures that are missing in this area so don't ask me about it.

Well, Tebow may be sincere but I'm always leery of these hyper religious folks. I mean, so many prominent folks profess their faith and belief in Christian tenets but you don't see that spirit in the policies they advocate. Christianity is a convenient religion in that you don't have to adhere to it to advocate for it. It's always been a good crutch for the sleazy. I guess you could say that for any religion, which is why I don't subscribe. I believe in traffic lights, totals on the cash register, and a lot of other things. And I did not steal the missing baby Jesus figures that are missing in this area so don't ask me about it.

If you had stolen the baby Jesus figures they wouldn't be missing, would they? Busted.

Agreed. Idk about Tebow, he might even be a baby Jesus figure thief. I do appreciate that:
He used to be in our faces with his religion, then stopped;
He failed in the NFL, but didn't whine about it;
He had some success as a sports broadcaster;
He's paying his dues in Double-A baseball despite getting old.

He doesn't bother me as much as he used to, though if he's still a virgin at 31 he's a moron.

After all that, there's no doubt for me that he will become a tv evangelist and raise lots of money and praise god all the while. Amen. I figure about twenty thousand for each year he's been celibate. That's a substantial wad.

... The agency provided no numbers on how many residents of the 6,500-person town it suspects of being nonbelievers or whether it plans to do anything about it beyond publicly chastising them....

In addition to courting controversy, the post, which went viral, managed to attract numerous trolls to the police department’s Facebook page. Everything that has been posted since Tuesday ― from weather updates to police calls ― has resulted in comments jokingly placing the blame on Satan’s shoulders.

Hilarious!

Still, of the many unanswered questions is whether Satan is actually working overtime in Opp. HuffPost on Friday was unable to locate the diabolical entity for comment.